| Aug-31-04 | | Whitehat1963: Instructive endgame. |
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| Sep-12-04 | | John Doe: Why not 24... Bxc5? |
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| Sep-12-04 | | Swindler: Then 25.Rb8+ and the Black rook on h8 falls, as it is no longer protected by the Bishop. |
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| Dec-13-04 | | notyetagm: Nice <removal of the guard> tactic, 24 ♗c5!, since 24 ... ♗xc5? 25 ♖b8+ ♔d7 26 ♖xh8 wins a whole exchange. |
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May-18-05
 | | nasmichael: Someone tell me about Paris in 1933. |
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| May-18-05 | | Calli: Ahh to be young and alive in Paris in '33. The wine flowed, Louis Armstrong played jazz and they danced all night. |
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May-18-05
 | | keypusher: . . . five cabinets fell, and unemployment was pushing 30%. Try George Orwell's Down & Out in Paris and London, <nasmichael>. |
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May-25-05
| | nasmichael: Thanks. |
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| Aug-18-06 | | syracrophy: 35...Ra4+ 36.Kg3 Rh4 37.Kxh4 Ke8 38.h8=R++ <Promoting to a queen also mates- but I think Tartakower wanted to show his opponent who was the top one :-P> |
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| Feb-22-14 | | Octavia: i got 6 points more than average on my 1st attempt :) |
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| May-30-22 | | ALKINAN: Mystrious Move 33 Rb7 , why not Rc7 ? |
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| Oct-08-23 | | Albion 1959: This game features in Irving Chernev's The Most Instructive Games Of Chess Ever Played. Faber 1965 - game 11, page 58. A lot of interesting and instructive play in only 35 moves. No kingside attacks, no flashy sacrifices, nothing clever of fancy here. A good example of how to keep the opponent on the back foot, by maintaining the pressure in a simplified position. So where did Frentz go wrong? He did not appear to make any obvious or even slight error, but he still lost! Why? Well possibly on move ten with Bg4?! A better try was Qe7+ 10.Be2 O-O! With a totally different type of position. The black king is safe on g8, and was not exposed to the pot shots of checks that white was able to take. Credit to Tartakower, he knew exactly how to present one problem after another to Frentz. Also, the rook & pawn ending was made to look easy, it clinical, efficient and no-nonsense: |
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Jun-27-25
 | | Sally Simpson: 
click for larger view14.Qxb7 Not mentioned by Chernev leads to some interesting positions after 14...0-0 15.Rg1. you can have fun with. Also here.
click for larger viewChernev says 15...Ke8 is just about the only move and supplies variations why. He gives a line after 15...Ke6 16.Bh3+ Nf4 as winning - agreed. But 15...Kd5 not mentioned and years ago I spent quite a while never finding a win. (it looks like there should be) A computer just told me in 30 seconds there is not one....maybe if I wait 10 years a stronger computer will find the win I was sure was there and Chernev felt it was too mundane to mention. Good book that; 'Most Instructive Games.' spent many many hours going over the games. Still dive into it. |
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Jun-27-25
 | | beatgiant: <Sally Simpson> On 15...Ke6 <16. Bc4+> looks strong, and that might be a good place for you to look for the win. |
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Jun-27-25
| | Sally Simpson: <beatgiant>
We figured out that was better, much better, but Chernev skips it offering only 16.Bh3+ so that is we prowled. The post is part of a discussing about who worked or works harder, players before computers or those after. Vasyl Ivanchuk (kibitz #4203) At the board the modern player has it a lot tougher. No adjournments (because of computers) and all round the opposition is much stronger. But off board the pre-computer players had to put some hours in.
What took us days could have been all over with a decent computer in less than 10 minutes ...but, would I still be remembering the 'fun' 40 odd years later? |
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